Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53262

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU135484

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53262

Published: June 26, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU135484
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53262
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in pppol2tp_ioctl() when processing ioctl requests while a concurrent socket close frees the associated l2tp_session after a controllable sleep during copy_from_user(). A local user can trigger a userfaultfd-assisted page fault sleep and race a socket close to dereference a stale session pointer to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Exploitation requires local access to issue the ioctl and induce the race condition.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
Ubuntu
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-extra-modules
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-53262

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.1.22.159, 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.26.157
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1035.38
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-31.31, 7.0.0-31.31.1, 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1006.7, 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12, 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1011.11, 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18~24.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1019.19
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2018.18

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